Dr. Carlos Morillo MD, FRCP(C), FACC

Current Positions

Principal Investigator – Arrhythmia Program and Neglected Diseases Program – Developing Countries, Population Health Research Institute

Professor of Medicine – Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine

Director of the Syncope and Autonomic Dysfunction Unit, McMaster University

Program Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology and Autonomic Physiology Fellowship

Bio

Dr. Morillo is a Principal Investigator for both the Arrhythmias and Developing Countries research programs at the Population Health Research Institute. Presently, he is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the Syncope and Autonomic Dysfunction Unit, and the Program Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology and Autonomic Physiology Fellowship. He has held a Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada Research Fellowship. His main research interests are related with the development of clinical trials in the area of cardiac arrhythmias, syncope and treatment of Chagas Disease. Dr. Morillo has a long-lasting interest in developing new therapeutic approaches for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, autonomic disorders, and Chagas disease. Dr. Morillo has published more than 260 articles in peered reviewed journals; over 320 abstracts and 35 book chapters in well know Cardiology textbooks. He is also the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Charles Pfizer Research Award, the National Academy of Medicine – Aventis Clinical Research Award as well as the Award for Best Researcher from the Sociedad Colombiana de Cardiologia and was selected as one of the 10 most influential Hispanic-Canadians in 2010.

Research Interests

Sympathetic Microneurography

Baroreflex modulation

Heart rate and blood pressure variability

Linear and non-linear dynamics of biological signals

Plethysmography

Lower body negative pressure

Tilt table testing

Key StudiesPublications

Benznidazole Evaluation for Interrupting Trypanosomiasis (BENEFIT)

A Study of the Use of Oral Posaconazole (POS) in the Treatment of Asymptomatic Chronic Chagas Disease (P05267) (STOP CHAGAS)